Slideshow: Groups Mourn Arroyo’s Choices for National Artists
Groups Mourn Choices for National Artists
Slideshow: Groups Mourn Arroyo’s Choices for National Artists
Rice at Risk
Rice at Risk
By NOELLE JIANG Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific Democratic Space Posted by (Bulatlat.com) The Rice Crisis of 2008 saw rice stocks at their lowest in 30 years and rice prices increase by up to 40 per cent. While agrochemical transnational...
A Study in Contrasts
A Study in Contrasts
A Study in Contrasts, The sea of humanity that accompanied former President Cory Aquino on her journey to her final resting place attests to her popularity – something she was able to earn because though she had her own faults as a leader, in the end she stood by the people in their fight against tyranny. (By Flon Faurillo)
Cebuano Artists Disgusted over Arroyo’s Nat’l Artists
Cebuano Artists Disgusted over Arroyo’s Nat’l Artists
By RITCHE T. SALGADO Culture (Bulatlat.com) The lighting was subdued, the atmosphere somber; in front was a makeshift altar filled with wreaths and candles. A prayer was offered and then one by one, guests gave their eulogy to an accolade that for decades has...
When “Not Bad” is the New “Good”: Economy on a Scaffold
When “Not Bad” is the New “Good”: Economy on a Scaffold
By MIKE WHITNEY Counterpunch International Posted by Bulatlat We're making this way too complicated. It's simple really. The Fed has only one tool at its disposal; to create more money. Typically, the way the Fed adds to the money supply is by lowering interest...
Coal-Fired Power Plant Contaminates Air in Naga City, Cebu
Coal-Fired Power Plant Contaminates Air in Naga City, Cebu
By RITCHE T. SALGADO (Bulatlat.com) CEBU CITY --- Engineer Vic Obando, his wife and three daughters wake up every morning knowing that every second of their life, they are breathing in toxic chemicals that may cause a myriad of illnesses. Coal Ash disposal site....
Is the US on the Brink of Fascism?
Is the US on the Brink of Fascism?
By SARAH ROBINSON Truthout/The Campaign for America’s Future International Posted by Bulatlat There are dangerous currents running through America's politics and the way we confront them is crucial. All through the dark years of the Bush Administration,...
Militarizing the Homeland
Militarizing the Homeland
By DAHR JAMAIL and JASON COPPOLA Truthout Posted by Bulatlat Award-winning journalist and Associate Editor of the Nation Institute's tomdispatch.com Nick Turse writes in his book "The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives": "As a product of the 1980s...
Fair Trade Shops Undergo Facelift
Fair Trade Shops Undergo Facelift
By RITCHE T. SALGADO (Bulatlat.com) CEBU CITY -- Three thousand households from urban poor and rural communities are expected to benefit from the re-conceptualization of the only fair trade shop in Cebu. The People’s Fair Trade Shop along Osmeña Blvd. in Cebu City...
Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire, And Ten Steps to Take to Do So
Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire, And Ten Steps to Take to Do So
By Chalmers Johnson Tomdispatch.com International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) However ambitious President Barack Obama's domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in...
Sri Lanka: The Urgency of Bearing Witness
Sri Lanka: The Urgency of Bearing Witness
By ALIYA MUGHAL Medical Foundation for the care of victims of torture International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) First they were captives of a conflict in which their freedom and security was thwarted at every turn. Now huge numbers of the Tamil population of Sri Lanka...
Still Playing the Deadly Game
Still Playing the Deadly Game
Still Playing the Deadly Game, Retired military general Jovito Palparan may have shed off his Army uniform and donned the barong of Congressmen. But he still has maintained his military mindset – accusing activists of being communists, which, during his days in the military, meant being a target for abduction, torture, and extrajudicial killing. (By Flon Faurillo)
Arroyo’s Last Sona: 9 Years of Scandals, Corruption and Repression
Arroyo’s Last Sona: 9 Years of Scandals, Corruption and Repression
Anti-Sona Protests in Manila, Provinces
CounterPunch Diary: “A Damned Murder Inc.”
CounterPunch Diary: “A Damned Murder Inc.”
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Counterpunch International Posted by Bulatlat Some time in early or mid-1949 a CIA officer named Bill (his surname is blacked out in the file, which was surfaced by John Kelly in the early 1990s) asked an outside contractor for input on how to...
Lessons From Hard Times Past
Lessons From Hard Times Past
By JEREMY BRECHER, TIM COSTELLO, BRENDAN SMITH Truthout/Perspective International Posted by Bulatlat We're all struggling with how to think - and what to do - in the face of the "great recession." An initial progressive response was to advocate better regulation;...
How Constant War Became the American Way of Life
How Constant War Became the American Way of Life
Younger generations of Americans are now being taught to expect no end of war -- and no end of wars. It wasn't always like that. By DAVID BROMWICH, Tomdispatch.com. International Posted by Bulatlat On July 16, in a speech to the Economic Club of Chicago, Secretary...
Salungguhit: The Lords of Pharmaceuticals
Salungguhit: The Lords of Pharmaceuticals
The Lords of Pharmaceuticals. Multinational corporations hold sway over the pharmaceutical market in the Philippines, amassing huge profits by controlling the prices of medicines. Meanwhile, many among the Filipino people, unable to afford the high costs of medicines, suffer from and even die of curable diseases. (By Flon Faurillo)
Brocka Festival to Showcase New Socially Oriented Films
Brocka Festival to Showcase New Socially Oriented Films
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com MANILA – The resurgence of political films in the country may well be underway, courtesy of the Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival that will run from August 5 to 28. Pandayang Lino Brocka, sponsored...
Photo of the Week: Young ‘Director’
Photo of the Week: Young ‘Director’
Young "Director." The little girl is poised as though she's intently watching a scene being played out from a film that she's directing. (Photo by Raymund Villanueva)
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